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it does not seem that the Indian or Persian systems of medicine 
have ever influenced Chinese views on the art of healing or modi- 
fied the sacred rules established in this respect by their primeval 
Emperors, it can nevertheless be concluded from some: early 
Chinese works on Indian or Western medicines, the titles of which 
have been preserved, that the Chinese took an interest in the 
subject. In the History of the Sui dynasty (689—618), book 34, 
Section on Literature, the following titles of collections of foreign 
medical prescriptions are mentioned : 
The % 2 PY #& Jy Po lo men Yao fang, in 5 books. Medical 
Prescriptions of the Brahmans (Hindoos). 
The 3 FE PY 2 fil) $8 Ff Po lo men Chu sien yao fang, in 
20 books. Medical Prescriptions of the Immortals of the Hindoos. 
The ¥¢ Be AIG Sa Ay Kan t‘o li Chi hui fang, in 10 books, 
Medical Prescriptions for curing those possessed by demons; used 
in Kan t‘o li. 
The Py 4 % W PR AR BE Fy Si yt Ming i su tsi yao fang, 
in 4 books. Medical Prescriptions of celebrated physicians in the 
Countries of the West. 
The Py Jah 2% {iy Br Bt HE Fp Si yti Chu sien su shuo yao fang, 
in 23. books. 
_ The Ht #j Bl Ff Ch‘u Hu kuo fang. Prescriptions from the 
Hu kingdoms, in 10 books, by J J Mo ho, who was a # i} PY 
Hu sha men, or priest of the Hu.” 
The Pen ts‘ao kang mu notices a #f AL ¥X Hu Pen ts‘ao, or 
Materia medica of the Hu. See above History of Materia medica 
No. 14, 
Stan. Julien (Mél. de Géographie asiat. p. 144) mentions a 
Chinese work $] Ah fi 7% Fan wai kuo yil, of the 6th century, 
which he believes to be a translation of the well-known Sanserit 
Vocabulary Amara Cosha (first century B. C.). 
During the T‘ang dynasty (618—907) the Chinese took a 
great interest in the kingdoms of India, which they then reached 
by land as well as by sea. They became acquainted with 
many vegetable productions of those countries as well as of 
36 According to the History of the Liang dynasty (602—667) Kan t'oliwasam 
in the Southern Sea, somewhere near Annam it seems. s ee bs 
37 By Hu the Chinese generally understand Western Asia, sometimes also India. 4 
